Enjoy a Ticket to Ryde this Easter weekend
IW Observer.co.ukOrganised by Jack Up Events, with the support of Ryde Town Council, Ticket to Ryde is a well-established event now…
Read MoreAnd, they’re off!
Charity Easter duck races will take place across the Island over the weekend. Tomorrow (Saturday), Aspire, Ryde is holding its…
Read MoreWill the ‘hottest band on the planet’ fly straight to the top of the charts?
Island music lovers will be on the edge of their seats this afternoon (Friday), waiting to find out whether Island…
Read MoreEaster Eggplant at Canopy Skatepark
Skaters at all levels are welcome to enter the first ever skate competition at Canopy Skatepark in Chale Green this…
Read MoreIsle of Wight Observer Issue 170
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Read MoreThe 2021 Sports Achievements Awards
Medina Theatre provided the backdrop to an evening of celebration of sporting success, achievement and voluntary contributions, hosted by double…
Read MoreReaders picture of the week
This week’s picture has been captured by Leslie Cutbush who loves to visit the Wildheart Trust in Sandown and during…
Read MoreMountbatten celebrate 45 years with ‘torch run’
Mountbatten Isle of Wight has celebrated 45 years of hospice services with a special ‘torch run’. Staff teams from Mountbatten…
Read MoreThe Island Flower Club celebrates one year late
The Island Flower Club has celebrated its Diamond plus one-year anniversary, cancelled last year due to Covid, with more than…
Read MoreNew Discovery Bus exhibition
The Maritime Archaeology Trust’s (MAT) inspiring Discovery Bus is set to make a big splash with schools and communities across…
Read MoreNHS Trust wins award for cutting out-patient back-log
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust, in partnership with Medefer, has won an award for the Best Elective Care recovery…
Read MoreMusic for Ukraine at Quay Arts Centre
More than £5,000 has been raised for East Cowes MAD-Aid following two Music For Ukraine charity concerts at Newport’s Quay…
Read MoreDaffodil show is a real treat
The annual Isle of Wight Daffodil Society Show has taken place at Busy Bee Garden Centre in Ryde. Visitors were…
Read MoreLocals left stumped
Residents have been shocked by the scale of the ash dieback programme carried out by the National Trust (NT) on…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: Unsightly transactions
The editor of the Isle of Wight Observer of April 8th, 1865 made his feelings very clear about funeral corteges…
Read MoreProviding for the youth of the Bay
Julian Wadsworth, community resilience co-ordinator for the Bay area at Community Action Isle of Wight, has seen boxing, boxercise and…
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